Even in the UK, the government's negligence of poorer children especially in virus-hit areas drew protests from students and parents.
"To a lot of young people this really does feel like the government is saying 'we don't care about you'," 18-year-old Curtis Parfitt-Ford, who launched a petition and a legal challenge against the policy, told AFP.
Teachers had also raised concerns that schools would be tied up lodging appeals against results when they were trying to prepare to reopen fully in early September for the first time since the March lockdown. Johnson has been widely criticized for his government's response to coronavirus, which has left 41,000 people dead in Britain – the highest toll in Europe.
More than 250,000 people had also signed a petition demanding a change, and two legal groups representing students threatened to take the government to court. "This is a victory for the thousands of young people who have powerfully made their voices heard this past week," he said.
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